Friday, November 19, 2021
Makeup Essentials for Dark Skin Tones
Dramatics Magazine Online: Hey, hey! It’s Destinee here and in this video/post we are talking about essential products to have on hand when doing makeup for Black actors. These items are my best-kept secrets, but I am ready to share my experiences with you to help you help others!
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I was actually surprisingly encouraged by this article. When I opened it, I expected a tutorial on how to mix your own foundation shades and very niche brands that would carry products suitable for Black actors on stage. Big names like Ben Nye and Morphe being the recommendations, though, is good to hear. I know there has been a lot of talk in the makeup industry over the last five years or so about including more and better shades for dark skin tones, and I hope this is evidence that those discussions have really begun to penetrate the largest and most reliable brands. It's definitely still possible that these are the outliers, not the rule, I wouldn't know, as I'm not very checked in to the world of makeup, but since Ben Nye is pretty much the standard for theatrical makeup in general, I have to imagine that if they are carrying a good selection, others would be following suit.
I think this article is incredibly nice to read, but also a little sad. I don’t have much costumes or make up experience when it comes to backstage theater, but I do know that there is a huge problem just in the make up industry in general, finding foundation shade or just make up in general for darker skin tones. And I find it unacceptable for make up artist not to understand how do you cater towards clients who have darker skin tones. However reading this article, I think that it was nice to read about actual tips and tricks of make up and essentials for darker skin tones, instead of product placement of products that claim to cater towards darker skin tones, which is some thing that I usually see which is something that makes me upset a little bit. Because while these products help people of darker skin tones find make up that is more accessible to them, it also feels like a lot of businesses are monopolizing on the fact that people of darker skin tones have been systematically like oppressed and overlooked not only the cedar industry but just in the world in general, but I’m very glad that there are articles that don’t exactly have a lot of product placement but give out actual tangible tips on how to work with darker skin tones.
This article pointed out specific products, and as the title says, ‘makeup essentials’ for dark skin tones. I really appreciated this article because a recurring issue in ‘the industry’ is the fact that nonwhite people, particularly those with darker skin tones, are misrepresented due to makeup. Here, misrepresented refers to the wrong toned foundation, both darker and lighter, wrong undertones of eyeshadow, ashiness, and more. Historically, white people masquerading and mocking Black people through Blackface makes this more complex of an issue. Wrong skin tones have been used as a mockery in the past, thus it is more important to get them right now. In addition to this, wrong skin tones and from an industry standpoint, bad makeup, prevent people with darker skin tones from being accurately represented when on stage or on screen.
Learning about makeup for darker skin tones was really cool!! I’ve been really into makeup since I was younger and doing cosplay makeup on myself, but I’d never looked into how to do makeup on darker skin. The information about moisture was revolutionary to me because I feel that visible shine on light skin is really looked down upon in the world of makeup. Ensuring moisture and radiance in melanated skin makes so much sense to define features under harsh stage light. This makes special sense because of darker skin’s tendency to absorb light, so having more moisture and natural highlight makes the high points of the face more reflective and therefore more defined. The tip about making sure there was brown eyeshadow with yellow and red undertones also hit because it addresses how melanated skin is often treated with very light, very cool product in eyeshadow and contour, which washes everything out and ruins the natural glow of the face.
I’m so glad to hear that Ben Nye has a good selection of skin tones. I kind of figured it had to, but I assumed that with other makeup brands, and that has clearly been an issue. This article has a mix of tips specific to darker skin like using tinted powders and red/yellow eyeshadow for darker skin tones and tips that I think apply to any skin tone like the fact that moisturized skin reflects light better. I am encouraged to see that the article is not a tutorial of mixing various products to get the right shade because these companies actually have a decent range now! I would love for this to be the case for eyeshadow palettes as well. As mentioned in the article, a nude palette will not work for every skin tone. I’d love to see a line of nude palettes tailored for many different skin tones.
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